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Re: [rfc] Annotation level THREE
- From: Nick Roberts <nick at nick dot uklinux dot net>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Nick Roberts <nick at nick dot uklinux dot net>, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com,bob_rossi at cox dot net
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:49:45 +0000
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Annotation level THREE
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> > Perhaps I could turn that question round. Which annotations are you planning
> > to keep?
>
> I think annotations can be split into two categores:
>
> - events
> These let GDB notify the GUI of internal state changes.
>
> - markups
> These try to make CLI output, intended solely for a human, machine parsable.
>
> The events remain (target changed, breakpoint created, ....). The
> markups are removed (*-{begin,end})
I would like to try this approach. Firstly for pragmatic reasons: this is
what is being offered. Secondly, it will give me a chance to experiment with
things like variable objects.
I have just one question:
How long do you expect level 3 annotations would remain in GDB?
Nick